I'm Ready For Christmas
 

...well, not really. None of the decor is up. No presents bought. Yeah, yeah, I know. Thanksgiving hasn't even come, let alone Halloween.

It's all about the music. It knows no season...

I saw Michael Buble's clip on Facebook of a new Christmas song coming out Oct 24th and listened to it. His version of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) is so great, IMO. I mean, anything with a black choir or chorale in the background is my kind of music (among many others).

From there, I started searching YouTube for other vids and posted them too.

Merry Christmas...

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I do enjoy most christmas music, just gets you in the "happy happy" mood.

I like "Walk through Bethlehem"

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I like Christmas day. it's very peacefull, everyone is with their families, most of the stores are closed.

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My sister just put up her tree and we are having a special day the 29 th of Oct. She felt to buy gifts for the poor children we work with in Brazil. my sisters are Baptist but they have always prayed for the work in Brazil. I am blessed because my sisters love and respect what I do. I heard a preacher say not long ago his siblings would not walk across the street to hear him preach. I am blessed.

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I love Christmas.

:christmasjig :santaclaus :christmoose :penguin :gift :christmasfire :horn :christmascaroling :cane :rudolph :stocking :treelights :treegifts :santasleigh :merrychristmas

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:star :bargain :jolly :christmaskiss :bells :caroling :santaelf :fireplace :holly :wreath :wisemen :smileysleigh :merrychristmas2

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Exactly!

I found myself quite surprised at one video I came across, one with my favorite song, O Holy Night. It was done by the Glee Cast. And let me tell you, I was speechless. It's a beautiful song, period. But, the Glee folks took it to another level for me.

So sad how so many people's first reaction to "Christmas" is negative. Honestly, IMO, if that's the first thing out of their mouth, Jesus must be the last thing they think about.

When I think of Christmas, my mind takes me to the midwest or northeast, strolling down a sidewalk with snow all on the ground and Christmas decor (spiritual and commercial) strewn everywhere, watching people pull up to their relatives' house and carry food inside.

It definitely is a beautiful time of year, regardless of location...

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O Holy Night by Third Day is my favorite version, besides my daughter's.

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Very nice! You are definitely blessed. My retired pastor at church, his wife leaves her tree up all year 'round and calls it her celebration tree (I think that's what she calls it). It's about 15' tall and is decorated according to the season of the year. Sure beats taking it down as tall as it is and with how much work goes into it...

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Well, you've sure given me something else to look up! Also curious to know how your daughter sings it...

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She does it best A Capella.

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Well it appears that the masses are following the lead of the commercial industries.

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relax and enjoy yourself :merrychristmas

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What's the estimate for next year?

Labor day?

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guess you have never heard of Christmas in July? :rudolph

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That sounds like a very viable prophecy. It looks like we're headed for a good 6 months on... 6 months off... scenario.

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I'm ready for Christmas ...to be over! Bunch a rebrobates need to pray through!

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We'll pray through when you do, but not before we nominate you to be Mr. Grinch...

J/k, j/k!

:)

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At the old church a did not receive a gift from any of the saints until I had mentioned that I do not celebrate Christmas. Where I currently attend I was called STUPID by a few of the members.

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That's kinda odd you were called that for those reasons. Just curious, though, what is it about Christmas you don't celebrate? Any of it, some of it, or what? Or, is that Christmas is year-round for you, not necessarily in the form of music and decor?

Just trying to walk in your shoes for a minute on this one...

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All I will say here is that I would partake of the festivities if it was turned into a secular holiday.


I began to move away from the day inch by
inch at the age of 14.

My answer would have been crass and much more specific 6 yrs ago.

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Gotcha. Well, hopefully you've got a sense of happiness and spirit (for lack of a better way to put it) overall, whether it's about or around Christmas, or otherwise. And that's not meant to be derrogatory or sarcastic in any way.

:thumbsup

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Please check the countdown at the bottom of all my posts

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Now, THAT is funny...

tick...tick...tick...

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I'm good. Thanks.

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You'd be surprised at the hostility one experiences when it is discovered that they don't do the holidays.

We let people know at first but it didn't take long to realize the reaction you could expect so we are now 2 states away from where I was so unwise as to let it be known.

We haven't told anyone in about a decade now.

It's a spiral down into chaos. They find out... they ask why you don't... they take your answers as an attack on what they do... you get attacked "back"...

Silence is, indeed, sometimes golden.

Of course... those who do participate in the holidays don't have the market cornered on bad attitudes. That's for sure. I've seen some pretty bad attitudes by those who don't participate. There are plenty of bad reactions to go around.

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I have taken the holidays and just turned them around.
We get together to do something fun,
have a nice meal together and attend church or a Christmas play.
We decommercialized the holidays to be simple and stress free.
Now it is something we look forward to,
it used to be something I dreaded because it was stressful.

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This year, we're drawing names and have a spending cap for gifts. It simply isn't worth the stress and hassle.

I sit back and watch the foolishness behind the black Friday sales and think how silly people can be for consuming themselves with the best bargains. No doubt, I'm all for a good bargain. But, when the crowd acts like it's the running of the bulls in Spain? No, it's not worth it at all. I can wait...

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Christmas wasn't anything I dreaded "back in the day" when we participated. But, now, looking back at it I'm sure glad I'm not involved in the chaos anymore (even though I still get plenty of choas interjected unwillingly into my life due to the craziness that ensues nationwide). My parents fought me tooth & nail when we stopped but now say we couldn't drag them back kicking and screaming to go back to what we used to do.

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Honestly, I never understood why the hostility and responses ever existed, either way. My children hear about Jesus all the time, regardless of time of year. So their focus around Christmastime (or any holiday for that matter) is pretty well-balanced.

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Agreed.